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Author and illustrator Sally Kindberg has a vast experience of working on books and features, and running drawing workshops for both children and adults in venues as far apart as China and the Outer Hebrides.

Sally has drawn comic strips for a four-book Bloomsbury series, including the Comic Strip History of Space. As her childhood ambition to be an astronaut has not (yet) been realised, she explored the outer galaxies by drawing them. She is the author/illustrator of Bloomsbury's Draw It! series, including Draw It! London, all about one hundred wonders to discover and draw in the capital. FREE! Fantastic Draw It! Activity pack (PDF) to download

During her time as a travel writer, Sally wrote and illustrated a regular column for the Independent on Saturday, sailed on a Tall Ship to Lisbon, and attended Elf School in Iceland. She is currently working on a book in comic strip form, has investigated and drawn the story of gold for the Bank of England Museum, made comic strips for CBBC's Life Babble, and is the curator of a Museum of Dust, which includes samples from the Great Wall of China and Dr. Who's Tardis.



Museum of Dust - on tour...

Dust is fascinating. Apparently, we're all made of dust from ancient stars, once responsible for the elements that make up our human bodies. Can these tiny specific samples in Sally Kindberg's MUSEUM of DUST evoke their origins, of locations, events and the characters connected to them?. The Museum of Dust has previously been exhibited in Falmouth, Cornwall, at the Art Workers' Guild Table Top Museums event, and in 2023, at Swedenborg House, London.


More news about my latest children's books, drawing workshops, travel, work in progress, visits, maps and comic strips

Sally Kindberg was a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at City & Guilds London Art School from 2018 to 2020.



From current work in progress Stranger, an autographic mystery/memoir





The Hand Book (of hopes and dreams) published by Design For Today launched at ELCAF (East London Comic Arts Festival) in June 2019, followed by a book launch celebration at Swedenborg House








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Clump, whump, swish and roar! Join giants from the past in Draw It! Dinosaurs. Draw all sorts of prehistoric shenanigans. Warning: this book contains claws, spikes and bones.




Flap, snap, squawk and wriggle! Draw more than a hundred amazing creatures you never thought you could draw before in Draw It! Animals.




Sailing your way in May 2016 - Draw It! Pirates. Bad behaviour, mermaids and shipwrecks. With hundreds of stickers. Includes parrots, maggots and the odd marooning




Packed with info and brilliant things to draw... go treasure hunting, meet a sloth called
Marilyn, view Napoleon's toothbrush, listen to the sound of secret rivers, dress a
Royal corgi and much more... Bloomsbury/May 2014. With lots of stickers!




Hours of fun, weeks even, with Draw It!, Draw It! Monsters and
Other Scary Stuff, and Draw It! Christmas. Available now.

Author copies of Draw It! arrive | Draw It! available to buy now






The fourth Kindberg/Turner/Bloomsbury Production...
The Comic Strip Book of Dinosaurs

"Sally Kindberg's lovely illustrations grace each page, and the text and pictures have been very well paired together. Each dinosaur has a small speech bubble next to its illustration which either asks questions or provides factual information"
BookGeeks.co.uk

"...humorous and beautifully coloured illustrations make this little
book a delight for children and adults alike..."
The Comic Strip Book of Dinosaurs review on ReadPlus

"...Packed with interesting facts - the illustrations are excellent...."
Creative Steps/Autumn 2012

"...This book is brilliant for dinosaur fans and also for reluctant readers when
they engage with the cleverly drawn and funny comic strips...."
School Librarian/Spring 2013


September 2011

"This book is absolutely crammed full of fascinating facts, interesting trivia and stories
about the world we live in. Even if you find history boring, you will love this book!"
Primary Times (Midlands & Black Country) 'Back to School' issue

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "This is a gem of a book: something that children will
want to read, and parents will want them to read"
The Bookbag

"An easy and enjoyable way to extend knowledge of a subject"
Parents in Touch

"An easy and fun way to get kids interested in history. This book is
packed with facts but in a way that makes learning fun"
Get Set Kids

"This is a fantastic book and I think it would make an ideal Christmas present"
The Bookette



The Greeks are coming!
Stump-scorching, eye-gouging, shipwrecks and baby-eating ... meet Greek gods, monsters, heroes and drop-dead hairdos in The Comic Strip Greatest Greek Myths.
A Kindberg/Turner/Bloomsbury production. October 2010.


"...All the essential myths - plus a few brilliant but less well-know ones -
have been condensed in one hilarious volume.
This fantastic book will be enjoyed by children and adults alike....."
Primary Times/February 2013



Not for the nervous. Dreadful Fates (Tracey Turner/Sally Kindberg/A&C Black. March 2010)
has killer corsets, indestructible monks, bottled brains and over-keen surgeons,
as well as other grisly ends and some very weird funerals.



See lots of whooshy stuff in the The Comic Strip History of Space, featuring the ENTIRE KNOWN UNIVERSE plus some bits we're still not sure about. Night-time will never be the same again. A Kindberg/Turner Production, published by Bloomsbury in October 2009.

See Comic Strip History of Space listed in The Guardian's Top 10 children's books on Space.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ review of The Comic Strip History of Space
on The Bookbag website

The Comic Strip History of the World
A Kindberg/Turner Production
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in October 2008

The entire history of the world as it's never been seen before. Includes the most gripping, gruesome and slightly unexpected things to have happened in the last several billion years... with pictures.

Plagues, Wars, Empires, Spectacular haircuts...

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ review of The Comic Strip History of the World
on The Bookbag website





Images from books written and illustrated by Sally Kindberg.
(Barnes & Noble 2007)


Pictures by Sally Kindberg for Foul Facts
by Tracey Turner (English Heritage August 2007)




Ghastly Book of Dover Castle published by English Heritage 2006
illustrated by Sally Kindberg, written & devised by Tracey Turner.


Children's illustration for books published by Ɖditions GrĆ¼nd 2006


Hair - Sally Kindberg
(Walker Books, £2.99), ages 6+